Who Is It For?

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The external use of water, in any of its states (solid, liquid, or gas) for the maintenance of health, treatment of body injury & trauma and the treatment of disease.

Hydrotherapy

1

According to history, H ow many years Hydrotherapy has been practiced?

Hydrotherapy has been practised for at least 6,000 years, and quite probably longer.

2

What are the civilisations that have traditionally used the properties of water in healing and/or religious ceremony?

Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Persians, Arabians, Hebrews, Native North and South Americans, to name only a few.

3

Where can be found the oldest recordings of water therapy?

Temples to Asclepius

4

Known as the Greek god of medicine:

Asclepius

5

Who is the father of Hydrotherapy that is also known as the father of medicine?

Hippocrates

6

The theory of Hydrotherapy by Hippocrates includes:

varied temperature bathing to combat illness and ascribed water as a beverage, to reduce fever and treat illness.

7

True or False.

According to Hippocrates:

" When pain seizes the side...dissolve the pain by hot applications”, A soft fomentation soothes pains”, “...for the bath soothes the pain in the side, chest and back; concocts the sputa, and allays lassitude; for it soothes the joints and the outerskin, and is diuretic, removes heaviness of the head, and moistens the nose."

True

8

In Roman civilization the cold bath is known as:

frigidarium

9

In Roman civilization the tepid bath is known as:

tepidarium

10

In Roman civilization the hot bath is known as:

caldarium

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Who is the Romans goddess of water?

Minerva

12

The Ottoman Empire built bathing houses known as:

hammams

13

It is a sacred river in India, used in almost every possible way;bathing for both physical and spiritual cleansing, ingesting and carrying off the dead.

The Ganges River

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Known to be proficient in various hydrotherapeutic techniques. They use sweat lodges in healing and religious ceremonies.

Native North Americans

15

Scientists in France discovered that the water in Lourdes contained high levels of what mineral? Which is known to have a strong therapeutic effect on a number of degenerative diseases.

Germanium

16

Founder of hydrotherapy in England 1846 in which his theory is "The Water Cure in Chronic disease"

James Gully

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Founder of hydrotherapy in France in which his theory is "Traite- Pratique et Raisonne D’Hydrotherapie"

Louis Fleury

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Founder of hydrotherapy in USA 1874 in which his theory is "How to Treat the Sick Without Medicine"

James Caleb Jackson

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Founder of hydrotherapy in USA 1901 in which his theory is "Rational Hydrotherapy "